Guard for lawn mowers



w: E, QUIMBY GUARD FOR LAWN MOWERS June 19, 1923.

Filed Dec. 19, 1921 MLL/AM Q1/1015) ll TTORNEY Patented June 19, 1923. I v I I r UNITED STATS PATENT OFFICE. i.

WILLIAM E. QUIMBY, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY. v

GUARD ro a LAwNMowEns. Application fiiea December 19, 1921. Serial No. 523,251 To all whomit may concern." other suitable material. The spring clips I Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. QUIMBY, are of a size and shape and'ar'e so positioned a citizen of the United States, residing at on the back of the plate as to adapt the M Oran e, in the county of Essex and State of guard to the particular make of machine New ersey, have invented a new and useful with which it is'to be'used, and, wh'enthe 53 Guard for Lawn Mowers, of which thefolguard is of a material appropriate therefor, lowing is a specification. may be stamped out therefrom and shaped My invention relates to lawn mowers, and up as an integral part of the plate. It is also theobjectthereof is to provide a guard which obvious that, in place of'clips, other equiva v 10 may be readily attached to and detached lent means may be used for securing the 00 from a lawn mower of standard make and guard plate, "in proper position, to any suitwhich when mounted in position thereon able parts of the machine. j I I will enable the machine to be used around The guard has been found to be extremely I, and under plants and low overhanging practical and eflicient, since the inclined hrubs without injuring them. plate servesto raise without damage the low The guard consists, essentially, of a thi overhangingleaves of plants and branches stiff plate or apron and of means for deof shrubs and to keep them entirely away tachably securing it to suitable parts of the from the cutter bars. frame of the machine in an inclined position l/Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure 2 extending from above downwardly and forby Letters Patent, is c 7 Q wardly over the revolving cutter bars and 1. A guard for lawn mower's, comprising in front thereof nearly to the ground. a substantially flat plate,jof a width to cover if Referring to the accompanying drawings, the cutter bars, which is provided with in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a means for detachably mounting it on the lawn mower equipped with my improved machine in position to coverthe cutter bars 65 guard and Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, and when the machine is in operative posion a reduced scale, with parts of the machine ti'on to' extend at a downward and forward removed or shown in section, the guard plate inclination infrontof the cutte'r'bars and into 1, a fiat plate of awidth to ,cover the entire proximity with the ground.

length of the cutter bars, is shown as having 2. A' guard for lawn mowers, comprising 70 riveted to its under side a spring clip 2, a sheet metal plateof a width substantiallyf pressed down over and engaging the handle equalto the length of the cutter bars which a of the machine, and two other spring clips is detachably secured to the machine over' 3 3, similarly pressed down over and engagthe cutter bars and when the machine is in ing at its opposite ends the frame rod 5, by operative position extends at a forward and 5 means of which the guard is secured in posidownward inclination in front of the cutter tion at the incline desired. a bars and wheels and into proximity with the The guard plate is made, in different sizes ground. c to fit the different widths of standard lawn -1 v 40 mowers, of sheet metal, leather board, or VVILLIAME. QUIMBY. 

